author: travis coleman

travis coleman
  • how hack days work at magoosh (and why they’re awesome!)

    hello! my name is albert (you can also call me albs or al-b), and i’m a software engineer at magoosh. on a day-to-day basis, i spend most of my time working on projects we’ve prioritized for the quarter, which can oftentimes take weeks or months to complete. when i’m not doing that, i’m working on…

  • behind the scenes: the magoosh engineering exercise

    stressful, inconsistent, and opaque. these are all words used to describe most engineering interviews. at magoosh, we want to provide a better experience to engineering candidates, so we’re striving to create a more transparent process from start to finish. as part of that effort, i’d like to share some behind-the-scene details about one important stage…

  • our site went down and we’re sorry

    july 24, 9:45am pdt we think we’ve stopped the attack, but we’re continuing the monitor. the site should be working for most students and we’ll continue looking into the issues. july 24, 9:15am pdt unfortunately, we’re still experiencing issues and intermittent down time. it looks like someone is flooding our servers with “fake” traffic, also…